The protective role of the mediterranean diet on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a population of greek obese subjects

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Paletas, Konstantinos ^a   Athanasiadou, Eleni ^b   Sarigianni, Maria ^a   Paschos, Paschalis ^a   Kalogirou, Aikaterini ^b   Hassapidou, Maria ^b   Tsapas, Apostolos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mediterranean diet; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET SCALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RADIOASSAY; RATING SCALE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77956491850     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2010.10719815     Document Type: Article

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